How'd you pay for it?

[KamikazeR33]

yeah mine is starting to look quite clean

the new scheme starts of may 8th?? well its very close to that date anyway

ur last chance 2 buy one under the current scheme is the 12th of this month

[Ash]

will this affect prices? will there be a big hike?

[InExtremis]

lol ... except what you left on the garage floor

hmm ... 8 days to save 16k.

well it looks like I'll have to save a bit longer then

So I guess that means a couple of extra thousand $$.

So when are you able to get in yours and drive away and have you registered it and everything yet?

Still ... you could make TWO black lines while your waiting I guess.

[KamikazeR33]

local? id say so if ur buying from a dealer/importer..... maybe not so much from private

well if i was u a5h id buy it now b4 the new scheme

[Merli]

As far as I know, the new SEVS scheme will only allow stock cars to be brought into the country, unless you bring it through the Private Import scheme which requires you to own the car in Japan for 12 months prior to shipping it here.

This will foreseeably raise the prices of nicely modified imports already in Australia...

[Ash]

im trying im trying....

[KamikazeR33]

i drove it round for the first week i had it cos if a temp rego so i know what im missing out on

btw if ur gonna try and get finance from a bank or maybe even finance company.... id be saving now cos u need to show a savings record... thats y i couldnt buy mine last yr when i turned 18

[InExtremis]

SO am I

I dont like the sound about the price hike, but then again who does? (unless your selling I guess).

I might just have to look at getting a loan, searching for the best price I can and hope to get one for a decent price. "rolleyes"

[KamikazeR33]

lol yeah but in a bout 6 months after the new scheme has arrived the prices will start to drop again

[InExtremis]

oh right. ...

yeh my friend borrowed 7k and had to get all his pay slips in order. I spose the interest I pay on the loan will be roughly made up for If I Buy after the scheme anyway. Hmm ... don't really know what to do ... :confused:

[InExtremis]

why will teh prices drop?

[Ash]

duno i thought they would stay up because there is less supply and same demand

[KamikazeR33]

hmm well even if there is less demand... the prices at auction would b cheaper cos of less cars being sold 2 us plus they drop price in every country

[KamikazeR33]

also u will c a lot of cars being stock cos of the new laws..... stock cars = lower prices

[InExtremis]

so maybe I should wait .... geez its all so hard

[KamikazeR33]

yeah maybe

if u havent been saving already

id say start saving now and wait till u have most of the money or whateva position u want 2 put urself into

if ur looking at getting a loan, look at how much the repayments will b and try saving at least that each week plus insurance and a few extra $ for other costs

if u can do that for say 3 months id say ud be ok in getting a loan

i saved 250 a week for 3 months and got a 20k loan easy

but im not sure on what factors come into this aswell

[InExtremis]

OK thanks alot for you help kamikaze, I'll go on a lookout for a local job, see if I can't get some money in.

Hopefully I'll be owing a skyline sooner than I think.

Cheers.

[NuGGeT]

i'm doing the same thing as chaos great minds think alike

i'v got bout 10 atm gonna save around another 2 and buy a 180

btw i work at kmart do about 12 hours a week after school n stuff so i save alot of that, have been doing so since yr 10 - 2 years later i a few steps away from my goals

[InExtremis]

good work ... I guess that's what im gonna have to do .. just keep working at it .. no easy way out.

Makes me jealous of those Japanese you see driving 'round in their lines and supra's when I know damn well that they're parents paid for it. Still, at least when you buy it yourself you'll learn to appreciate it.

[KamikazeR33]

glad to help ya

i know what its like to b dissapointed so id prefer it if someone misses out on it cos its not nice